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TOC: Central European History 55 (2)
Central European History volume 55, issue 2 has published and is available on Cambridge Core.
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Articles
TOC: Medaon Issue 30 (2022), vol. 16 is online
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, dear colleagues,
30 issues and 500 authors. We are pleased to present the current issue of our online-journal „Medaon – Magazin für jüdisches Leben in Forschung und Bildung” to you today and thank everyone who has contributed to Medaon over the past fifteen years. You'll find the table of contents below and at https://www.medaon.de/en/editions/most-recent-edition/
FEATURED JOB: Historian/Compiler, Foreign Relations of the United States series - Foreign Service Institute, Office of the Historian, Europe Division, Department of State
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CFP (Conference): 2022 International E-Conference on Holocaust Studies, 29-30 October 2022 (Deadline 31 August 2022)
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CFP (Conference): Resisting Nature: European Imperial Projects and the Limits of Environmental Knowledge, ASEH, 22-26 March 2023 (Deadline 15 July 2022)
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CFP (Conference): Beyond the Progressive Story: Reframing Resistance to European Integration, GHI Rome, 27-31 March 2023 (Deadline 5 September 2022)
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CFA (Fellowship): Simone Veil Fellowship Call for Applications, Summer Term 2023 (Deadline 26 August 2022)
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CFA: PhD Studentship in Early Modern History (Deadline 22 July 2022)
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CFP (Conference); Mythen und Mittelalter: Paradigmen einer Bildästhetik der Fantasy (1880-2020). Myth and Middle Ages: Paradigms of Pictorial Fantasy Aesthetics (1880-2020). Berlin March 13 -15 2023 (Deadline 30 August 2022)
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Recent Reviews
Uekoetter on Treitel, 'Eating Nature in Modern Germany: Food, Agriculture and Environment, c.1870 to 2000'
Corinna Treitel. Eating Nature in Modern Germany: Food, Agriculture and Environment, c.1870 to 2000. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. 404 pp. $125.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-18802-0; $34.99 (paper), ISBN 978-1-316-63839-2.
Reviewed by Frank Uekoetter (University of Birmingham) Published on H-German (May, 2022) Commissioned by Jasper Heinzen (Department of History, University of York)
Sonnevend on Harrison, 'After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present'
Hope M. Harrison.
After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Illustrations. 2019. 478 pp.
$34.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-04931-4. 
Brockey on Strasser, 'Missionary Men in the Early Modern World: German Jesuits and Pacific Journeys'
Ulrike Strasser. Missionary Men in the Early Modern World: German Jesuits and Pacific Journeys. Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World Series. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2020. 274 pp. $127.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-946298630-5.
Reviewed by Liam M. Brockey (Michigan State University) Published on H-German (April, 2022) Commissioned by Jasper Heinzen (Department of History, University of York)
Steege on Ladd, 'The Streets of Europe: The Sights, Sounds, and Smells that Shaped Its Great Cities'
Brian Ladd. The Streets of Europe: The Sights, Sounds, and Smells that Shaped Its Great Cities. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020. x + 303 pp. Maps, ill. $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-226-67794-1.
Reviewed by Paul Steege (Villanova University) Published on H-German (April, 2022) Commissioned by Jasper Heinzen (Department of History, University of York)
Wolfe on Best, 'Heavenly Fatherland: German Missionary Culture and Globalization in the Age of Empire'
Jeremy Best. Heavenly Fatherland: German Missionary Culture and Globalization in the Age of Empire. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021. xiv + 322 pp. $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4875-0563-9.
Reviewed by J M. Wolfe (Louisiana State University) Published on H-German (March, 2022) Commissioned by Matthew Unangst (SUNY Oneonta)
Kluge on Marchand, 'Porcelain: A History from the Heart of Europe'
Suzanne L. Marchand. Porcelain: A History from the Heart of Europe. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020. 544 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-691-18233-9.
Reviewed by Arnd Kluge (Hof City Archive) Published on H-German (February, 2022) Commissioned by Matthew Unangst (SUNY Oneonta)
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Close on Scholz, 'Borders and Freedom of Movement in the Holy Roman Empire'
Luca Scholz. Borders and Freedom of Movement in the Holy Roman Empire. Studies in German History Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. 288 pp. Ill. $85.00 (e-book), ISBN 978-0-19-258444-1; $85.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-884567-6.
Reviewed by Christopher Close (St. Joseph's University) Published on H-German (January, 2022) Commissioned by Matthew Unangst (SUNY Oneonta)
Kühne on Goltermann, 'The War in Their Minds: German Soldiers and Their Violent Pasts in West Germany'
Svenja Goltermann.
The War in Their Minds: German Soldiers and Their Violent Pasts in West Germany.
Translated by Philip Schmitz. Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany Series. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2020. 436 pp.
$34.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-472-03845-9.
Anders on Häberlen, 'The Emotional Politics of the Alternative Left: West Germany, 1968-1984'
Joachim C. Häberlen.
The Emotional Politics of the Alternative Left: West Germany, 1968-1984.
New Studies in European History Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 318 pp.
$105.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-108-47174-9.
Corke on Florvil, 'Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement'
Tiffany Nicole Florvil. Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2020. 296 pp. $26.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-252-08541-3.
Reviewed by Catriona Corke (University of Cambridge) Published on H-German (October, 2021) Commissioned by Matthew Unangst (SUNY Oneonta)